John mcoully



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J. MoOULLY.

ORNAMENTAL MANTEL, CEILING, &0. No. 280,492. Patented Ju1y3, 1883.

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UNITED STATES ATENI JOHN MOOULLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND HOLLON F. MILES, OF SAME PLACE.

ORNAMENTAL MANTEL, CEILING, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,492, dated July 3,1883.

Application filed April 19 1883.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MoCULLY, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Ornamental Mantels, Ceilings,

&c., of which the foklowing is a full descrip tion, reference being adto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a panel ready for insertion. Fig. 3 is asection at line 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a perspective showing the formof strips of lead which surround and hold the pieces of glass.

It is customary to provide wood mantels,

ceilings, and many articles of furniture with ornamental panels made ofwood. I have 0011- ceived the idea of making panels for such placeshaving a front of stained glass, and have devised practical means formaking and applying such panels; and in the drawings Ihave shown myimprovement as applied to amantel. In carrying out my invention Iprovide the mantels with openings of any desired form, adapted toreceive panels made to fit therein. I then make a panel for eachopening, consisting of pieces of glass, which may be stained oropalescent, or both combined, of regular or irregular forms, and, ifdesired, jewels may be combined with the pieces of glass, the severalpieces being surrounded and held in place by strips of lead havingflanges upon each side, the panels so made being held in place in themantel-openings by abacking of plaster or cement.

In the drawings, A represents a mantel containing my improvement, tobeing the upper part of the front of the mantel, and b I) being the twoside pieces.

B is a single panel, made from small pieces of glass and jewels, c, ofvarious forms.

(I are strips of lead which surround each piece of glass and each jewel.The glass and jewels are temporarily held in place by the strips oflead, and when the panel has been placed in the opening in the mantel itis to be covered and secured in place by a backing of cement or'plaster,the form of the panel and 5 0 the opening in the mantel being made toconform to each other. e

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C is another panel, made and secured in the side pieces I) in a similarmanner.

In Fig. 1, D is an opening in the side piece I), and E, Fig. 2, is apanel corresponding with O, and designed and adapted to be fitted intothe opening D.

I11 Fig. 3, I have shown the back of plaster e, which covers entirelythe pieces of glass and jewels entering the flanges upon the back sideof the strips of lead cl, and securely holding the glass and jewels inplace. Of course no light can reach the glass directly from behind; butthe plaster back, besides holding the glass in place, also serves thepurpose of reflecting a portion of the light which is transmittedthrough the glass from the front, and aids in producing desired effects.

The front or exposed parts of the lead strips (1 may be ornamented bygilding or painting of the same.

I do not limit myself to the use of lead strips; but where irregularforms of glass are used these strips should be flexible, and I know ofnothing better than lead.

I have spoken only of panels; but ornaments of various forms and sizes,which may not technically be called panels, may be used at the option ofthe decorator, the same being made and secured in place substantially asI have described.

I have only shown my improvement as applied to a mantel; but myinvention can be applied in substantially the manner described to otherarticles, and also to ceilings, and to '8 5 the side walls of roomsadapted to receive the same.

The effects produced by this new style of ornamentation are novel,varied, and beautiful, and an endless variety of designs may be 0adopted.

In Fig. 3 the panel of glass rests on shoulders provided in the walls ofthe opening; but I do not limit myself to this precise method ofsupporting the edges of the panel. In some 9 5 cases an opening could beprovided large enough to receive the panel from the front. A cement orother backing could then be placed in the opening, and the panel beinserted from the front and be placed against the backing, and the panelcould then be secured in place at the front by suitable strips. When thepanel is inserted from the front, or from below in ceilings, it may besecured to the woodwork by means of screws, holes being pro vided atsuitable places in the joints between. the glasses. In some cases-forexample, Where the panel or ornament is placed in a ceiling the plasterbacking may be omitted, and any suitable light-colored backing may beused to produce the desired effects.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. As an improvement in the art of ornamenting mantels, ceilings, &c., apanel or ornamental piece made from a number of pieces of glasssurrounded by strips of lead or other suitable material, and held inposition thereby, and a connection with a suitable backing,substantially as and for the purp osc specified.

2. As an improvement in the art of ornamcnting mantels, ceilings, &c., apanel made from pieces of glass surrounded and held together by means ofstrips of lead or other suitable material, in combination with a backingof plaster or other suitable known material adapted to reflect light,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN MCOULLY. \Vitnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, EDGAR T. BOND.

